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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “catalog”
Where the money went
Fargo-Moorhead Area FoundationFargo, NDCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $566,952 · through 2024Largest: $93,845 to MEMORY CAFE OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY — fmaf community grant round 2024 ($10,000 to general operating, $2,000 to sing from your heart chorus),ghd match,giving hearts day,caring catalog - general support
Largest: $1.4M to METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — to support the preservation, conservation, research and cataloging of the james van der zee archive
Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $333,099 · through 2024Largest: $92,175 to ST OLAF COLLEGE — legacy grant for cataloging textiles and 3d objects in the st. olaf college archives & special collections
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $180,525 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to NATIONAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC DBA THE GREATEST GIFT CATALOG EVER — for an unrestricted gift to be used in area of greatest need
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $559,500 · through 2022Largest: $216,000 to College of the Atlantic — broad reach campaign support. support for allied whale research and catalog. support of the allied whale research and catalog, annual fund, general operating support. support for a…
Associates of the Boston Public LibraryBoston, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY — conservation digitization& cataloging
Largest: $100,000 to SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL — to provide renewed support to social science research council's media and democracy program to catalyze, catalog, and disseminate new scholarship about the impact of media and tech…
Largest: $217,000 to LEAP — staff support and support for freshwater for the future, cataloging all fish in sabah's waters and working to improve water quality throughout the state.
Largest: $20,000 to Virginia Tech University Libraries Special Collections — to purchase dietz collection of 1870-1940 seed catalogs & nursery industry materials
Largest: $100,000 to The Olana Partnership — support for a digital collection catalog
Largest: $70,000 to THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON — support of todd webb and robert frank exhibition and catalog.
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART — advised - in support of the photography exhibition catalog publishing program.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →